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Senior reporter John Council is a native Texan who covers litigation and appellate courts in his home state. Contact him at [email protected]. On Twitter: @john_council
February 12, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
U.S. District Judge Rob Junell of Midland takes senior status, which will likely elevate him in more ways than one.
By John Council
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February 12, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
Stephanie Hamm said an appellate court ruling against her client is just the latest decision applying a tort reform law that's meant to protect health care defendants from frivolous lawsuits to a claim that has no relation with "health care."
By John Council
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February 11, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
The White House got off to a slow start in filling federal benches in the Lone Star State, but the pace has picked up during President Barack Obama's second term.
By John Council
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February 10, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
Edward Valdespino, a partner in the San Antonio office of Strasburger & Price who represents the putative class of investors, said recent rulings against Greenberg Traurig and Hunton & Williams—combined with the start of the first "clawback" trial—means the long-pending Stanford civil cases are finally hitting the litigation stage.
By John Council
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February 9, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit updates its long-standing ban on allowing cameras to record its oral arguments.
By John Council
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February 6, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
Lawyers for former Justice of the Peace Eric Williams are set to argue that a jury should hear new evidence alleging that diabetes injured the part of Williams' brain that controls emotion.
By John Council
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February 6, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
John B. Attanasio, who served as dean of SMU's Dedman School of Law for 15 years, was arrested Sunday for prostitution, as part of an undercover police sting operation, according to a probable cause affidavit.
By John Council
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February 6, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
A litigant is asking the Fifth Circuit to apply a big U.S. Supreme Court patent decision to justify an attorney fee award for defeating a "preposterous" trademark infringement claim.
By John Council
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February 6, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
"In fact, [Adam] Levine commented that he would 'take down' TPG the same way that he took down Scooter Libby," according to the amended complaint.
By John Council
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February 5, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
Brian Shaw won an appellate court ruling that a police officer doesn't have a blanket protection from a lawsuit after he allegedly entered a family's house without knocking and announcing his presence.
By John Council
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